Susan Garrett’s Puppy Socialization Strategies For Raising Confident, Happy Dogs #246
Shaped by Dog with Susan Garrett
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🗓️ 1 December 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
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For every puppy owner using a socialization strategy that grows confidence and connection, there’s a thousand who don’t do it at all or do it terribly wrong. I’m sharing exactly how I socialize my puppies, including my current five-month-old, Prophet, so that everyone can do the same thing to get the best start to a life of joy with their dog.
In this episode you’ll hear:
• The exact things I do to socialize my own puppies.
• Common misconceptions in puppy socialization.
• Why puppy daycare and dog parks are potential disasters.
• Top 3 reasons why we should train our dog.
• How to grow a puppy’s confidence in different environments.
• What puppy socialization looks like to Susan Garrett.
• How I train my five-month-old puppy, Prophet.
• How to turn distractions into white noise.
• Why growing connections is important for puppies.
• How to grow positive CER’s in context with husbandries.
• What distractions really mean for our puppies.
• How I train in the form of games.
• 3 groups of games and when to use each.
• How “Crate Games” minimizes distractions for our puppies.
• Why an overstimulated dog is not ideal for socialization.
• That most dogs don't need doggy friends.
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Resources:
1. Podcast Episode 218: Puppy Development Stages And Your Dog’s Behavior - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/218/
2. Podcast Episode 127: Puppy Socialization: Playtime For Puppies And Permissions - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/127/
3. Live Stream Replay: Dog Training Foundations for LIFE or for SPORT - https://youtube.com/live/gRhyKfUSflY?feature=share
4. Podcast Episode 186: 2 Types Of Connection With Dogs: Dog Agility And Daily Life Case Studies - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/186/
5. Podcast Episode 172: How To Teach Your Dog Anything With My Training Plan - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/172/
6. Podcast Episode 243: Training My New Puppy, What He Knows So Far: Susan Garrett’s Plan And Puppy Schedule - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/243/
7. Podcast Episode 197: Outsmarting Distractions: How To Use Environmental Reinforcement in Dog Training - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/197/
8. Podcast Episode 176: Why Your Dog’s Emotions Are A Critical Element Of Dog Training - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/176/
9. Podcast Episode 107: Pedicure Please: 3 Steps To Dog Nail Trimming Or Grooming Success At Home! - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/107/
10. Podcast Episode 132: All The Things Your Dog Hates And How To Fix Them - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/132/
11. Podcast Episode 171: Dog Training With Layered Shaping: Why Classical Conditioning Must Come First - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/171/
12. Podcast Episode 24: Help for Dogs who Chase Chipmunks, Bicycles, and Neighbor’s Cats (Distraction Intensity Index) - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/24/
13. YouTube Playlist: Fearful Dogs Help with Susan Garrett - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLphRRSxcMHy0KAsqgnkMWv0v-5JGjNQG_&feature=shared
14. DogsThat Website (Home School the Dog, Recallers, Handling360, Agility Nation) - https://dogsthat.com/
15. Podcast Episode 182: The Game Within The Game: How To Multiply Your Dog’s Reinforcements - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/182/
16. Podcast Episode 138: Frantic Dog? Are You Training Both The Hold And The Do? - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/138/
17. YouTube Video: Understanding Your Dog's Reinforcement Zone (RZ) with Susan Garrett - https://youtu.be/OaUAScgaFAg?feature=shared
18. Podcast Episode 151: How Location Specific Reinforcement Markers Will Improve Your Dog Training! - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/151/
19. Podcast Episode 160: 10 Common Puppy Mistakes: What To Do Instead! - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/160/
20. Podcast Episode 40: Episode 40: Using A Head Halter On A Dog, Why My Approach Is So Different - https://dogsthat.com/podcast/40/
21. Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube - https://youtu.be/lHE_pRc1Prc
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| 0:00.0 | Aw, puppy socialization. For every puppy owner that does this right, I bet you there's a |
| 0:06.4 | thousand puppy owners that either don't do it at all or do it terribly, terribly wrong. |
| 0:11.6 | And today I'm going to share with you the exact things that I do to socialize my own puppies |
| 0:16.7 | and ways that you can go about doing exactly the same thing with your puppy. |
| 0:31.6 | Hi, I'm Susan Garrett. Welcome to Shape by Dog. So, why do we socialize puppies anyway? |
| 0:37.4 | Well, socializing typically, people think of |
| 0:40.4 | it as a time period between eight and 12 weeks where we want to expose our puppies to other dogs |
| 0:44.9 | and people so they grow up to not be afraid of seeing puppies or dogs or kids or all of those |
| 0:51.6 | novel things that will help our dog live a full life. |
| 0:55.1 | But somewhere along the way, puppy socializing became a free-for-all where the longer a puppy |
| 1:01.6 | is allowed to play flat out and fall over tired with a puppy or another dog or a group of |
| 1:07.4 | puppies or another dog, then we've done a great job of puppy socializing. |
| 1:11.6 | And I beg to differ. That is not a good job of puppy socializing. That actually is contributing to a |
| 1:19.3 | puppy that is out of control around other dogs as they get to be an adult dog. Likewise, |
| 1:24.3 | when people believe that their puppy needs to be held or needs to meet every |
| 1:29.7 | single person that they see, you see a person in the horizon, okay, we got to go meet that |
| 1:34.6 | person because we're puppy socializing. So, that to me, is taking puppy socializing and going |
| 1:40.8 | about it the wrong way. Things like puppy daycare or dog parks, those are a recipe |
| 1:46.5 | for disaster, potential disaster for a puppy. Now, I'm not saying that all daycares are horrific, |
| 1:51.8 | but allowing a puppy to just have full on access to other puppies and play and play and play |
| 1:58.6 | until they're tired is not something I would ever do |
| 2:01.9 | with any puppy that I've ever raised. So, what is the goal? I asked this question on a live |
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